The authors present a comparative analysis of employment determination in four transition economies as they moved from … transition. For the most part, firms appear to have been quick to adjust employment to wage levels, and there is little evidence … of labor hoarding. There were important cross-country variations in the determinants of employment during the reform …

are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated selfemployment earnings premia … related to schooling, pre-transition family income, receipt of property in restitution, precommunist family business …

are used to analyze a 1993 survey of 27,000 adults in six transition economies. Estimated self-employment earnings premia … related to schooling, pre-transition family income, receipt of property in restitution, pre-communist family business …

This paper seeks to document and analyse changes in the distribution of wages and employment in the transition … countries since the collapse of communism. Most countries experienced an increase in wage inequality during the initial shock of … the transition. Proximate causes of this increase seem to be sectoral shifts in employment and increasing inter …

external spillover effects. We conclude that theoretical models of advanced transition economies and policy rules for these … economies should feature a prominent role for external shocks -- Vector autoregression ; Granger causal priority ; transition …

transition economies. In Peter Murrell (Ed.), The Value of Law in Transition Economies (pp. 249-287). Ann Arbor: Michigan … University Press; Stiglitz, J. (1999). Whither reform. Ten years of the transition. Keynote Address, Annual Bank Conference on …

We look at the differences in regional unemployment rates in six major transition countries and their persistence over …

This paper examines the moderation of inflation in three transition economies, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland …